Question
Question: Ammonium sulphate and ammonium selenide on heating dissociates as \({{\text{(N}{{\text{H}}_{\text{...
Ammonium sulphate and ammonium selenide on heating dissociates as
(NH4)2S(s)⇌2NH3(g)+H2S(g);Kp=9 !!×!! 10-3atm3
(NH4)2Se(s)⇌2NH3(g)+H2Se(g);Kp=4.5 !!×!! 10-3atm3
The total pressure over the solid mixture at the equilibrium is
(A) 0.15atm
(B) 0.3atm
(C) 0.45atm
(D) 0.6atm
Solution
The active mass of solid and pure liquids is constant quantity (unity) because it is an intensive property and does change its concentration with time.
- According to the law of mass action, the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the active masses of the reacting substances raised to the power equal to the stoichiometry coefficient in the balance chemical reaction.
Kp In this equation represents pressure equilibrium constant. The magnitude of Kp is a measure of the extent to which the chemical reaction occurs. So, Kp for a reaction is calculated by Applying law of mass action in the following manner –
Kp=(pc)m1(pc)m2(pc)n1(pc)n2where,p = partialpressure
Partial pressure of any species of the reactant or product at equilibrium is p=totalmolesmolesofspeciesatequilibrium !!×!! totalpressure
Complete Solution :
Supposed the partial pressure of NH3 and H2S due to the dissociation of (NH4)2S(s) are p1atm each and partial pressure of NH3 and H2Se due to the dissociation of compound (NH4)2Se(s)are p2atm
!!×!! 10-3atm3 (NH4)2S(s)⇌2NH3(g)+H2S(g);Kp=9 p1p1
!!×!! 10-3atm3 (NH4)2Se(s)⇌2NH3(g)+H2Se(g);Kp=4.5 p2p2
For equation first we will calculate the pressure equilibrium constant-
!!!! pNH3= p1+p2duetocombinedmolesinthecontainer Kp1=pNH32.pH2S=(p1+p2)2.p1 9×10−3=(p1+p2)2.p1...........(i)
- In the same manner we will calculate the pressure equilibrium constant –
Kp2=pNH32.pH2Se=(p1+p2)2.p24.5×10−3=(p1+p2)2.p2...........(ii)
After dividing equation (I) by equation (II) we get
& \dfrac{\text{9 }\\!\\!\times\\!\\!\text{ 1}{{\text{0}}^{\text{-3}}}}{\text{4}\text{.5 }\\!\\!\times\\!\\!\text{ 1}{{\text{0}}^{\text{-3}}}}\text{=}\dfrac{{{\text{(}{{\text{p}}_{\text{1}}}\text{+}{{\text{p}}_{\text{2}}}\text{)}}^{\text{2}}}\text{.}\,{{\text{p}}_{\text{1}}}}{{{\text{(}{{\text{p}}_{\text{1}}}\text{+}{{\text{p}}_{\text{2}}}\text{)}}^{\text{2}}}\text{.}\,{{\text{p}}_{\text{2}}}} \\\ & \dfrac{{{\text{p}}_{\text{1}}}}{{{\text{p}}_{\text{2}}}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{9}}{\text{4}\text{.5}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{1}} \\\ & \therefore \,\,\,\,\,{{\text{p}}_{\text{1}}}\text{=}\,\,\text{2}{{\text{p}}_{\text{2}}}\,\,\,................(iii) \end{aligned}$$ After putting the value of equation (III) into equation (I) we get $\begin{aligned} & 9\times {{10}^{-3}}=\,{{\text{(}{{\text{p}}_{\text{1}}}\text{+}\,{{\text{p}}_{\text{2}}}\text{)}}^{\text{2}}}\text{.}{{\text{p}}_{\text{1}}} \\\ & 9\times {{10}^{-3}}=\,{{\text{(2}{{\text{p}}_{2}}\text{+}\,{{\text{p}}_{\text{2}}}\text{)}}^{\text{2}}}\text{.2}{{\text{p}}_{2}} \\\ & 18\text{p}_{2}^{3}=\,9\times {{10}^{-3}} \\\ & {{\text{p}}_{2}}=\,0.8\times {{10}^{-1}}=\,0.0\text{8}\,\text{atm} \end{aligned}$ So, pressure over the solid mixture is - $$\begin{aligned} & {{\text{p}}_{\text{T}}}=\,2({{\text{p}}_{1}}+{{\text{p}}_{2}}) \\\ & =\,2(3{{\text{p}}_{2}})\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\\{\because \,{{\text{p}}_{1}}=\,2{{\text{p}}_{2}}\\} \\\ & =\,6\times 0.08 \\\ & {{\text{p}}_{\text{T}}}=\,0.4\text{5}\,\text{atm} \end{aligned}$$ **So, the correct answer is “Option C”.** **Note:** In this given question two solids are taken together in a closed container, and both the solids decompose to gives gases $\text{N}{{\text{H}}_{\text{3}}}$, ${{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}\text{S}$ and ${{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}\text{Se}$. As the gas $\text{N}{{\text{H}}_{\text{3}}}$ is the common gas in the dissociation of solids, so the dissociation of both the solids will be suppressed.